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12/11/2020 Drama 1h 21m
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Overview

Michal and Juraj, two students of a theological seminary in totalitarian Czechoslovakia, must decide if they'll choose the easier way of collaboration, or if they'll subject themselves to the surveillance of the secret police.

  1. Ivan Ostrochovský

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Samuel Skyva

    Juraj

  2. Samuel Polakovič

    Michal

  3. Vlad Ivanov

    Dr. Ivan

  4. Vladimír Strnisko

    Dean

  5. Milan Mikulčík

    Clergyman

  6. Tomáš Turek

    Leader

  7. Vladimír Zboroň

    Secretary

  8. Martin Šulík

    Physician

  9. Vladimír Obšil

    Father Coufar

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A review by SWITCH.
Written by SWITCH. on 2020-08-22
As a piece of filmmaking, 'Servants' is certainly impressive, filled with striking cinematography and flashes where we glimpse the strange, surreal world behind the Iron Curtain in Czechoslovakia. What is even more beguiling about the film is reminding one's self that this is set in 1980, the very recent past. The world we see feels captured in time, a vision of a post-war world rather than a more contemporary one. Unfortunately, full advantage of these elements is never taken up, and in the end, 'Servants' also feels like an unfinished film, an idea taken to a certain point but never given th...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
Slovak

Budget
$1,700,000.00

Revenue
$0.00

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